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Posted on: July 8, 2019

I am an American Exhibition

Anaheim High School was the center of North Orange County education for this community where they established businesses and a church prior to WWII. Anaheim was attractive for these families to return and rebuild with the City becoming a center for local Japanese American commerce and religion in Orange County.

This 5,000 square foot exhibit will feature personal testimonials, artifacts, and memorabilia as well as give a first-hand look at the Poston, Arizona incarceration camp experience which affected and devastated those in Anaheim and Orange County from 1942 - 1945.

Walkthrough the exhibit and find class photos, luggage, a replica of barracks and more depicting life of the Japanese American families who were affected by incarceration.

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